Healthy lifestyles can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and other complications in childhood cancer survivors. These are the findings of two new international studies. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1130093

Physical functioning is significantly diminished by intensive management of childhood posterior fossa brain tumors (PFTs) and correlates with survivors’ neurologic treatment burdens, suggests research presented at the 51st Annual ONS Congress in San Antonio, Texas. Read more: https://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/reports/brain-tumors-functional-challenges-long-term-pediatric-pft/

For pediatric brain tumor survivors (PBTS), the necessity and challenge of sustaining meaningful friendships is more pronounced due to differences in social, emotional and neurocognitive abilities, areas collectively called psychosocial functioning. Read more: https://www.stjude.org/research/progress/2026/understanding-best-friendships-and-psychosocial-health-in-pediatric-brain-tumor-survivors.html

Most people diagnosed with pediatric cancer are living longer than ever, but many face unique challenges as adults – and not all of them are physical. Read more: https://news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-center/overholser-pediatric-cancer-survivorship

Artificial intelligence (AI) could help physicians determine if survivors of childhood cancer need extra support — and the more information included in AI prompting, the better its performance. Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1121751

"By decentralizing these high-level services, the research team aimed to empower survivors with the knowledge necessary to pursue personalized survivorship care, which includes intensified screenings and prophylactic measures that can quite literally mean the difference between life and death." Read more: https://bioengineer.org/telehealth-is-transforming-genetic-care-for-childhood-cancer-survivors/

A randomized study found that early screening for risk factors was as helpful as screening plus one-on-one counseling. Read more: https://www.tctmd.com/news/adult-survivors-childhood-cancer-may-do-well-simple-strategy-cv-risk

"The guidelines are clear: Survivorship care is important. But in many cases, care does not occur, and our study combines evidence from many sources to explain why" Read more: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-major-highlights-barriers-childhood-cancer.html

A new study indicates that adolescent and young adult cancer survivors age faster at the cellular level. Read more: https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/adolescent-cancer-survivors-age-faster-than-their-peers-408433

Long term survivors of childhood cancer may carry a measurable brain age gap decades after treatment, according to a cross-sectional analysis from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study. Read more: https://www.emjreviews.com/neurology/news/accelerated-brain-aging-tied-to-neurocognition/